On October 10, Nintendo released its first major update to its Nintendo Entertainment System app that brought with it NES Open, Solomon’s Key, and Super Dodgeball. And, while that’s pretty cool on its own, the company also added a bit of a surprise: a special edition of The Legend of Zelda that provides a great

Those of you who have Amazon Prime and regularly take advantage of its awesome 20% preorder discount may want to act fast: the company is terminating this specific feature on August 28! So, if there are any games coming out in the near future that you know for a fact

It shouldn’t come as a revelation to anyone to hear that the Wii U was an anomaly of a console. It was an oddly-innovative successor to the wildly-popular Wii, but the way it was marketed left many confused as to why they needed to buy one. A lot of people

Nintendo Life recently revealed that outgoing Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima assured shareholders in his final meeting with them in late-June that the company had yet to unveil its full 2018 software lineup. Kimishima, who stepped down on June 28 to allow Shuntara Furukawa to assume the role, was told that Nintendo’s

Mega Man X…Errr…I mean 20XX just blasted its way onto consoles July 10 and what a rush the game is! This Mega Man inspired platforming treat released on the PC back in August 2017 after an Early Access phase that felt like forever and if you couldn’t tell from the first line of this

People couldn’t help but notice that the super cute Yoshi game teased since last year as an upcoming title for the Nintendo Switch was totally absent from this year’s E3. It turns out that there was a good reason for that. In an interview with Polygon, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime

This year’s E3 was actually a very strong showing overall. With Nintendo finally giving us information about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Microsoft hinting about a new family of XBOX consoles, and a big list of exciting titles coming in the near future including Fallout 76, Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us Part II, Assassin’s

While Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon may only exist because of the incredible success of its parent game in blowing away its Kickstarter goals, letting its status as a side-project keep you from buying it would be a terrible mistake. It may be a side-project, sure, but it’s definitely a good one.

If you’re a fan of the Sonic games but skipped out on last year’s Sonic Mania because you were hoping for a physical release, then you’re in luck: the game will be receiving a physical release on the PlayStation 4, XBOX One, and Nintendo Switch on July 17, 2018! What’s more, this

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